Trump Defends Decision Not To Notify Top Democrats Before Baghdadi Raid | NBC Nightly News

Presidents typically alert congressional leaders -- regardless of their party -- when a major military operation takes place, but the president suggested that Democrats could not be trusted with national security secrets, tweeting: “They were talking about why didn’t I give the information to Adam Schiff and his committee, and the answer is ‘cause I think Adam Schiff is the biggest leaker in Washington.”
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Trump Defends Decision Not To Notify Top Democrats Before Baghdadi Raid | NBC Nightly News

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